MRCP

1 Concept of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography.- 1.1 Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography.- 1.2 Comparison of MRCP with Conventional Cholangiopancreatic Imaging Techniques.- 1.3 Role and Indications of MRCP.- References.- 2 Imaging Techniques of MRCP.- 2.1 Technical Development.- 2.2 Imaging Procedures.- 2.3 Two-dimensional versus three-dimensional images.- References.- 3 Biliary Tract.- 3.1 Normal Biliary Tract.- 3.2 Anatomic Variants of the Biliary Tree.- 3.3 Pancreatobiliary Maljunction.- 3.4 Cholelithiasis.- 3.5 Acute Cholecystitis.- 3.6 Adenomyomatosis of the Gallbladder.- 3.7 Polypoid Lesions of the Gallbladder.- 3.8 Carcinomas of the Biliary Tract.- 3.9 Benign Stenosis of the Bile Duct.- 3.10 Biliary-Enteric Anastomoses.- 3.11 Other Biliary Tract Conditions.- References.- 4 The Pancreas.- 4.1 Normal Pancreatic Duct.- 4.2 Pancreas Divisum.- 4.3 Pancreatitis.- 4.4 Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas.- 4.5 Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinomas 114 References.- 5 The Liver.- 5.1 Simple Hepatic Cysts.- 5.2 Hepatic Peribiliary Cysts and Polycystic Kidney.- 5.3 Von Meyenburg Complexes (Microhamartomas).- 5.4 Biliary Cystadenoma and Cystadenocarcinoma.- 5.5 Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma.- 5.6 Hepatocellular Carcinoma.- 5.7 Pyogenic Liver Abscesses.- References.- 6 Applications of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography.- 6.1 Dynamic MRCP by Secretin Injection.- 6.2 Measurement of Volume of Pancreatic Juice Secretion.- 6.3 MR Virtual Cholangiopancreatoscopy.- References.